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04 Mar 2015 9:54:52am

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Quite so, alas, quite so!

However, it will be a very interesting theatre to watch if Mir Hossein Mousavi wins the Iranian election. There, too, the inner sanctum is far more powerful than the outer.In fact it's probably the way of the whole world. Certain actors are allowed to strut the stage for a while and utter certain lines as convincingly as they can. Then, once the curtains fall, all lines are forgotten and the directors go on about their business as usual.

I expected nothing more from Obama. A little joke on his name in the Iranian context is that it means "He's our man, he is with us." This, no doubt warms the cockles of the hearts of many Iranians. His full name, in fact has enchanting meanings for the iranian/muslim people: "Barack"= "Blessings" and Hussein, of course, to a shi'ite is the name of the most revered imam, the true symbol of a battler against injustice.